# Users can change their preferences, not save them, and navigate away without warning

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-can-change-their-preferences-not-save-them-and-navigate-away-without-warning/26952>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [March 29, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-can-change-their-preferences-not-save-them-and-navigate-away-without-warning/26952 "2015-03-29T19:23:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-can-change-their-preferences-not-save-them-and-navigate-away-without-warning/26952/2 "2015-03-29T20:03:19Z")

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The save buttons are at the top and bottom of the page. I don’t really support a big warning here. Updating your preferences is not a common activity, and the save button at the top and bottom of the page should suffice.

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